US citizen father, Non US Mother, Non US infant daughter

[Kbd123]

Greetings Everyone,

My Family and I are due to visit the US in several months time and Im looking for feedback/advice as to whether my applying for ESTA/travel visas for my wife and daughter to the US are the correct "move" or not.

As stated in the heading of this post I am a US citizen living in the UK for the past six years. My partner is a New Zealand/British Citizen, and our Daughter has the same citizenship status as her Mother.

I/we are in the process of assembling docements neccessary to apply for our duaghters CRBA /passport/social security card, unfortunatley my partner needs to fly to NZ for family matters in the next week or so. Given the processing times and my partners temporary passport unavailabilty, I think its unlikely that we will be able to submit CRBA until after we return from the states.

My Question is: Should I just apply for an esta for both my daughter and partner? I pressume that because I havent filed my daughters CRBA, they wont recogize her as a potential US citizen?

Any and all input would be much appriciated. Thanks in advance.

[Ticktack]

Greetings Everyone,

My Family and I are due to visit the US in several months time and Im looking for feedback/advice as to whether my applying for ESTA/travel visas for my wife and daughter to the US are the correct "move" or not.

As stated in the heading of this post I am a US citizen living in the UK for the past six years. My partner is a New Zealand/British Citizen, and our Daughter has the same citizenship status as her Mother.

I/we are in the process of assembling docements neccessary to apply for our duaghters CRBA /passport/social security card, unfortunatley my partner needs to fly to NZ for family matters in the next week or so. Given the processing times and my partners temporary passport unavailabilty, I think its unlikely that we will be able to submit CRBA until after we return from the states.

My Question is: Should I just apply for an esta for both my daughter and partner? I pressume that because I havent filed my daughters CRBA, they wont recogize her as a potential US citizen?

Any and all input would be much appriciated. Thanks in advance.

A Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) is official evidence of citizenship for children under the age of 18 born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent(s) who acquired citizenship at birth.

However, this is the tricky part. All U.S. citizens are required to enter and exit the U.S. using a valid U.S. passport.

When filling your ESTA, you would be required to name all nationalities and state how you got them. Are you going to state child is American or not? Because, technically, your child is American. Child just doesn't have the evidence of it yet.

So "technically" child might not be able to enter the USA on a different passport.

You might want to ask the US consulate if it's possible. It's a "Trump", and he ain't playing!

[Ticktack]

Applying for a U.S. passport - if your parent did not register your birth at a U.S. embassy or consulate, you will need:
Your foreign birth record showing your parents' names
Evidence of a parent’s U.S. citizenship
Your parents' marriage certificate, if applicable
A statement from your U.S. citizen parent(s) which lists where and when they lived in the U.S. and abroad before your birth.